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- DictionarySixth sense/ˌsiksTH ˈsens/
noun
- 1. a supposed intuitive faculty giving awareness not explicable in terms of normal perception: "some sixth sense told him he was not alone"
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The meaning of SIXTH SENSE is a power of perception like but not one of the five senses : a keen intuitive power. How to use sixth sense in a sentence.
an ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste: My sixth sense told me something awful was going to happen. (Definition of sixth sense from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
an ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste: My sixth sense told me something awful was going to happen. (Definition of sixth sense from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Sixth sense definition: a power of perception beyond the five senses; intuition. See examples of SIXTH SENSE used in a sentence.
sixth sense. singular noun. If you say that someone has a sixth sense, you mean that they seem to have a natural ability to know about things before other people, or to know things that other people do not know.
Definitions of sixth sense. noun. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively. synonyms: insight. see more.
sixth sense. noun. /ˌsɪksθ ˈsens/. /ˌsɪksθ ˈsens/. [singular] a special ability to know something without using any of the five senses that include sight, touch, etc. My sixth sense told me to stay here and wait. Often our intuition or sixth sense warns us of impending danger.
sixth sense. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˌsixth ˈsense noun [ singular] a special ability to know things without using any of your five ordinary senses such as your hearing or sight He seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing when his brother was in trouble.
If you say that someone has a sixth sense, you mean that they seem to have a natural ability to know about things before other people, or to know things that other people do not know. [...]
sixth sense. n. (Alternative Belief Systems) any supposed sense or means of perception, such as intuition or clairvoyance, other than the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
